Congressional indecision gives local business leaders heartburn

12:12 AM,
Feb. 10, 2013

Jim Anderson

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The gridlock over fiscal issues in Washington has put Springfield-area business leaders on edge.

Steven D. Edwards, CEO of CoxHealth, is nervous about across-the-board spending cuts that could hit hospitals hard starting in March. Jack Stack, president and CEO of the manufacturing company SRC Holdings Corp., is irked by the continued uncertainty in federal tax policy. And Missouri farmers are desperately hoping lawmakers will finally enact a long-term agriculture bill so they can plan beyond the next planting season.